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and the defense department, you have access to all kinds of analysis of vladimir putin. what do you think he's up to and how far is he prepared to go? >> well, i'm kind of amused by some of the headlines that i'm seeing on tv and elsewhere that he's lost touch with reality or that he doesn't understand that this is a new world or whatever. he knows exactly what he's doing. he is trying to reestablish russian influence and a measure of control over the former states of the soviet union. he doesn't want to bring them back into the soviet union. he doesn't want to re-create the soviet union. he just wants them, in effect, to be part of an alliance with russia but where they essentially do russia's bidding, and he's trying to prevent them from moving to the west. he's been successful in doing that and breaking the deal between armenia and the e.u. he has been successful in getting the ukraine to yanukovich before he fled kiev to break the deal with the e.u. so he's trying to bring all these countries back into russia's orbit in a way that reflects a long period of history. i
and the defense department, you have access to all kinds of analysis of vladimir putin. what do you think he's up to and how far is he prepared to go? >> well, i'm kind of amused by some of the headlines that i'm seeing on tv and elsewhere that he's lost touch with reality or that he doesn't understand that this is a new world or whatever. he knows exactly what he's doing. he is trying to reestablish russian influence and a measure of control over the former states of the soviet union. he...
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he was the secretary of defense from 2006-2011. earlier in his career, he was known as a russian expert. thank you mr. secretary. >> sure, charlie. >> when will you lose that race? >> with any luck, in about three weeks. >> is the president handling this right? >> i think he is. trying to get the allies on the same page and be willing to collectively threaten and then potentially implement severe sanctions against russia for what they have done in the ukraine is exactly what he should be doing. i think that it is important at this stage to be careful with the rhetoric. if you do not say things to look tough, in retrospect, you look hollow. i think the challenge that the president faces is our allies may not be as willing to go along with the sanctions as they should be. we're hearing from the u.k., germany, elsewhere a reluctance to impose banking sanctions or trade sanctions and so on. i think the administration and the president personally have their work cut out for them in terms of trying to get these guys to actually agree to
he was the secretary of defense from 2006-2011. earlier in his career, he was known as a russian expert. thank you mr. secretary. >> sure, charlie. >> when will you lose that race? >> with any luck, in about three weeks. >> is the president handling this right? >> i think he is. trying to get the allies on the same page and be willing to collectively threaten and then potentially implement severe sanctions against russia for what they have done in the ukraine is...
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he needs to probably build up some nato defenses of east yearn european allies. he needs to leave putin exit doors. we want to create a scenario where he can back out, where we invite him to do that. it was interesting to me president obama mentioned in the phone call with president putin saturday, the 90-minute phone call, that the united states does understand that there's this issue of ethnic russians and why doesn't the oec, organization for security and cooperation in europe, widessent the united states and europe help russia monitor the well being to have the russians that immediately leave the necessity for russian troops. putin may not take the opportunity now but at least it gives him a potential way out. >> charlie: what do you think they talked about for 90 minutes? >> i have been in several phone calls -- i have been in the presence of the phone calls and in meetings. >> charlie: how does president obama think about putin in these actions? >> he sees it as illegal, irresponsible, threatening the security of europe and sovereign country of ukraine. we
he needs to probably build up some nato defenses of east yearn european allies. he needs to leave putin exit doors. we want to create a scenario where he can back out, where we invite him to do that. it was interesting to me president obama mentioned in the phone call with president putin saturday, the 90-minute phone call, that the united states does understand that there's this issue of ethnic russians and why doesn't the oec, organization for security and cooperation in europe, widessent the...
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build up some of the nato defenses. at the same time as in 2008, any president will want to have some exit doors. if putin was to back out of crimea, we want to create a scenario where he can do that. we invite him to do that. what is interesting to me it is present obama mentioned in the phone call that a 90 minute phone call that the u.s. does understand that there is this issue of ethnic russians. white doesn't the u.s. and europe helped russia to monitor the well-being of those ethnic -- why doesn't the u.s. and europe helped russia to monitor the well-being of those ethnic russians? if you leave it on the table, gives a potential way out. >> i have been in many rings with the two presidents -- i have been in meetings with the two presidents. i have no illusions about the weight president obama thinks about president putin and his actions. >> how does he think about him? >> he sees it as illegal, a responsible, threatening the security of europe. we have been very clear about that for a long time in the discussions
build up some of the nato defenses. at the same time as in 2008, any president will want to have some exit doors. if putin was to back out of crimea, we want to create a scenario where he can do that. we invite him to do that. what is interesting to me it is present obama mentioned in the phone call that a 90 minute phone call that the u.s. does understand that there is this issue of ethnic russians. white doesn't the u.s. and europe helped russia to monitor the well-being of those ethnic --...